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woodswallow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
woodswal-low
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Artamus, soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds.

Etymology

From wood + swallow.

Inflected Forms

woodswallows (plural)

Phrases

ashy woodswallow Bismarck woodswallow black-faced woodswallow dusky woodswallow Fiji woodswallow giant woodswallow great woodswallow greater woodswallow)

Questions

What does woodswallow mean?
Any of the genus Artamus, soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds.
Where does woodswallow come from?
From wood + swallow.

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